"Myelitis"

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to recover. In some cases, a mysterious, paralytic condition of the face and limbs accompanied the sickness. The illness is called transverse myelitis, but it includes many sub-types producing various effectsRead more

with transverse myelitis, and will spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. His father, Joshua Coleman, said that he took a close look at his son's vaccination records and was startled by what he foundRead more

stopped functioning, leaving him connected to a ventilator to breathe, completely paralyzed. 'Vaccines have to be considered'And so on. Soon, the condition even had a formal name: Acute flaccid myelitisRead more

and nerves). Transverse myelitis – an inflammatory disease of the spinal cord that causes weakness and loss of sensation and it affects the autonomic nervous system (breathing, the heart, digestionRead more

are twice as likely to die as those infected with the wild polio virus. Worldwide AFP cases have risen steadily from 1996 to 2010. Under the umbrella of AFP there are Poliomyelitis, Transverse MyelitisRead more

Myelitis

Disease

Myelitis involves the infection or the inflammation of the white matter or gray matter of the spinal cord which is a part of central nervous system that acts as a bridge between the brain and the rest of the body. During an inflammatory response in the spinal cord, the myelin and axon may be damaged causing symptoms such as paralysis and sensory loss. Myelitis is classified to several...More